以賽亞書 19:6-8 RCUVTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:5-10

The withholding of God's gifts making man's woe. These verses are suggestive of the thousandfold forms of trouble that follow on an unusually low Nile, or the failure of the Nile flood. It is peculiar to the valley of the Nile, and the Delta forming the land of Egypt, that cultivation of the soil depends upon the yearly flooding of the river, which, by canals, sluices, ponds, and ditches, is led over the fields as the great fertilizer. Holy Scripture gives us the picture of supreme distress... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:6

And they shall turn the rivers far away ; rather, and the rivers shall stagnate (Cheyne). Probably the canals are intended, as in Exodus 7:19 (see 'Pulpit Commentary,' ad loc .). The brooks of defense shall be emptied . Some render this "brooks of Egypt," regarding matsor as here used for "Mitsraim;" but our translation is more forcible, and may well stand. The "brooks of defense" are those which had hitherto formed the moats round walled cities (comp. Isaiah 37:25 ; Nahum 3:8... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:7

The paper reeds by the brooks , etc.; rather, the meadows on the river , along the banks of the river , and every seed-plot by the river . The banks of the Nile were partly grass-land ( Genesis 41:2 , Genesis 41:18 ), partly cultivated in grain or vegetables (Herod; 2.14), in either case producing the most luxuriant crops. All, however, depended on the inundation, and if that failed, or so far as it failed, the results predicted by the prophet would happen. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:8

The fishers also shall mourn . The fisherman's trade was extensively practiced in ancient Egypt, and anything which interfered with it would necessarily be regarded as a great calamity. A large class supported itself by the capture and sale of fish fresh or salted. The Nile produced great abundance of fish, both in its main stream and in its canals and backwaters. Lake Moeris also provided an extensive supply (Herod; 2.149). All they that east angle into the brooks ; rather, into the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 19:6

And they shall turn the rivers far away - (האזיּחוּ he'ezenı̂ychû), probably from זנח zânach, “to have an offensive smell; to be rancid, or putrid.” The word in this form occurs nowhere else. It is in the Hiphil conjugation, and is probably a form made from a mixture with the Chaldee. The sense is not doubtful. It means ‘the rivers shall become putrid - or have an offensive smell;’ that is, shall become stagnant, and send forth unwholesome “miasmata” producing sickness, as stagnant waters... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 19:7

The paper reeds - (ערות ‛ârôt). This is not the word which occurs in Isaiah 18:2, and which, it is supposed, means there the papyrus (see the note on that place). Interpreters have been divided in regard to the meaning of the word here. Gesenius derives it from ערה ‛ârâh, “to be naked, open, bare;” and supposes that it means an open place, a place naked of wood, and that it here denotes the pastures on the banks of the Nile. So Rosenmuller interprets it of the green pastures on the banks of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 19:8

The fishers also - In this verse, and the two following, the prophet describes the calamities that would come upon various classes of the inhabitants, as the consequence of the failing of the waters of the Nile. The first class which he mentions are the fishermen. Egypt is mentioned Numbers 11:5, as producing great quantities of fish. ‘We remember the fish which we did eat in Eypt freely.’ ‘The Nile,’ says Diodorus (i.), ‘abounds with incredible numbers of all sorts of fish.’ The same was true... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 19:5-10

Isaiah 19:5-10. The waters shall fail from the sea, &c. The river Nile shall cease to pour its usual quantity of water into the sea, being wasted and dried up, as it follows. “Tremellius,” says Lowth, “shows out of Herodotus, that this was literally fulfilled under the government of the twelve petty tyrants who ruled Egypt after Sethon. And Scaliger understands it of a great drought, which occasioned a dearth, by the failing of the inundation of the Nile.” They shall turn the rivers ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 19:1-25

Egypt’s punishment and conversion (19:1-25)At various times Judah was tempted to rely on Egypt for help against aggressors. Isaiah shows in this message how useless such reliance is. He pictures the day when God acts against Egypt, and sees that all Egypt’s magic and all her gods cannot save her. Civil war breaks out, followed by the harsh rule of a dictator (19:1-4).Drought causes the Nile, Egypt’s only water supply, to dry up. This ruins the nation’s farming, fishing and cotton industries,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 19:6

they shall turn, &c. = the arms of the river shall stink. brooks = canals of Matzor : i.e. Egypt. See note on Isaiah 7:18 . emptied = shallow. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:5-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 19:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 19:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 19:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 19:5-10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 19:1-25

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 19:6

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